diff --git a/src/app/submission/form/submission-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/form/submission-form.component.ts
index 8df0ab1658..6d4ddb4ca0 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/form/submission-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/form/submission-form.component.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class SubmissionFormComponent implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
    * Initialize all instance variables and retrieve form configuration
    */
   ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
-    if (this.collectionId && this.submissionId) {
+    if ((changes.collectionId && this.collectionId) && (changes.submissionId && this.submissionId)) {
       this.isActive = true;
 
       // retrieve submission's section list